A/N: Do you like it? I know I am straying from the original plot a bit but it will still have the same shell. Special teens, special guardians, and possibly some love. Now, unto the chapter!
Pain and sound. The first things I registered as I awoke. Gunshots reverberated throughout my body and each grunt or shout of pain amplified my own. I tried to move but stopped, a hiss escaping me. I put slight pressure against my ribs and actually grunted as I put more pressure on them. Yep. Definitely a few cracked or broken. My head pounded at the same pace as my heart.
I opened my eyes and was greeted with darkness. My eyes adjusted to the small amount of light seeping through the armor and I recognised my cocoon. Topspin's hand. It was in a cupped shaped over me on while sand filled the rest of the spaces.
I pushed myself up, much to my body's displeasure, and somehow crawled to his palm. I then reached out my hand and touched it, fearing the worst. My mind instinctively blocked every other sense out as my eyes started slightly glowing. Fearing the worst, my heart leaped when I felt his spark pulse. Sure it was faint, but it was there. I let the breath I didn't know I was holding escape in a sigh.
A huge crash happened just outside my cocoon and slightly rumbled through the sand. Even more instincts kicked in as an emotionless mask fell over my whole body. My shoulders tensed so they weren't sagging, my back straightened, my face was blank, my eyes revealed nothing, and my eyes also started to glow brighter. The dark purple was now a light purple that cast strange shadows.
Topspin's hand was ripped away by the strange Decepticon from earlier. He tossed it slightly to the side and grabbed for me without even looking at me. His hand was closing but stopped a good foot from me. The 'Con frowned and looked down, then started backwards when he noticed my eyes.
I looked around at the battle. 'Cons came after I passed out and the battle was raging. The 'Cons made sure to have more than three on Optimus the whole time while keeping anyone from helping. A menacing growl escaped me as my eyes reached their full brightness. Adrenaline chased away my pain as I stood up. A faint outline could be seen by eyes that had enough time to focus on the 'Con.
Out of nowhere he disappeared. Two people appeared beside me.
"Did you just teleport him?"
"Yes. Yes I did Dan. Now, help me stop this fight by getting the Wreckers up and wrecking." I noticed a few minutes ago that Leadfoot and Road buster were both unmoving on the ground. Dan and Henry nodded and ran towards their guardians. They each laid a hand on them and looked towards me. Their eyes were also glowing. Dan's were the same color as the Autobot's while Henry's were just lighter than the Decepticon's. We each nodded and dove deep within ourselves.
A pulse left all three our hands at the same time. The pulses travelled through the bodies and concentrated at the spark chambers. Each of the 'Bots optics onlined and they started moving. Except for Topspin. He coughed up sand from his vents and tried to get an arm under himself to get up. His fellow Wreckers were already fighting and turning the tides of the battle. He pushed up but his breathing hitched as something caused him pain.
"'Spin? You alright?" I asked. I knew what the answer was but it hurt to see him in pain.
"I'm... fine," he hissed. I walked towards him smacked him lightly for lying.
"Please try and not fall on me." Before he could protest I crawled under the space between his chest and the sand and did a quick scan of his chest.
"Ani..."
"Seriously Topspin. If you crush me I'll haunt you for the rest of your life." My scan picked something up that made me worry.
"This may feel weird, 'Spin." I reached my hands up slowly and felt along the area where my scans said there was a crack in his spark chamber. 'Spin stiffened from my touch and I mumbled a 'sorry'. My fingertips brushed a difference in the metal and I frowned. I grabbed a flashlight I had and put it between my teeth. I then lit up where my fingertips were and saw the crack. It spread along the line width of his spark chamber but didn't spread out.
With the light I also noticed the few small injuries my scan picked up. One of his pistons had a rock jammed between it and his armor. I reached up and pulled, the rock falling and landing right beside my head. I grabbed it, pocketed it and the flashlight, then crawled out from under 'Spin. He lowered himself back to the ground and let his face fall into the sand.
"Really?" I asked. 'Spin grunted and kept his face in the sand. The sounds of battle were everywhere and I sat up. The two other Wreckers were fighting through the group of 'Cons surrounding Optimus. Optimus was fighting off every 'Con who tried to hurt him but was becoming increasingly tired. I growled and stood up. My adrenaline had worn off and I hissed when I was standing. 'Spin lifted his head and looked at me.
"Are you alright Ani?" He started to get up but I shook my head.
"It's alright. I think I cracked a rib but I'm fine. You are not. You stay right where you are with your face in the sand." 'Spin raised and optic ridge.
"Bossy, are we?"
"Yes, yes we are. Now stay." I glared at him until he sighed and lowered back to the sand. I smiled in triumph then thought only about what I wanted. A faint shield appeared around me and a sword was ready for use. The ability chased my pain away as I advanced on even feet. I swerved around feet and jumped obstacles. Dan and Henry were keeping their guardians protected when I reached them. I walked up to Dan.
"Keep an eye on 'Spin." Dan only nodded in acknowledgement as he sent a small blast towards an advancing 'Con. I activated my sword. An outline of it appeared and quickly filled with a light purple. The object brightened then dimmed down. Instead of the shape there was an energon sword in my hand.
I walked to the first 'Con leg and stabbed into it. The 'Con screamed in pain then was overpowered during his distraction. I smiled and continued to attack the undefended legs. The 'Cons fell one by one. Our group of five reached Optimus who was in the middle of fighting a 'Con I knew. My whole body froze as I stared with enough hatred to kill.
The Kaon Circuit gladiator 'ringmaster'. My comrades noticed my position and ran forward, tackling me. They pinned my arms and legs as I thrashed.
"Let me go!" I got my hand an inch off the ground but Dan pushed back down.
"Ani snap out of it! You can fight him later! We can't blow our cover," he hissed in my ear. I continued to fight until I heard the battle die down. I stopped and stared right into Dan's eyes.
"You let him go." Roadbuster noticed us and walked up.
"Actually no. He ran away. Now why are you like that?" Dan stared right back before getting up, Henry following suit. I sat up and glared at them before standing and stomping off towards Ratchet. He noticed me coming.
"Are you alright Colonel Black?"
"Please, call me Black or Ani. Whichever you want."
"Okay, Ani. Now, do you have any injuries?" I liked how this lime green mech was so worried about everyone.
"Just a few bruises and possibly some cracked ribs but -Woah!" Ratchet had picked me up and quickly scanned me, muttering Cybertronian profanities under his breath. I worked to keep myself from laughing at what he was saying.
"Yes you do have cracked ribs. Why didn't you come earlier?"
"First off, you were in the middle of a battle and fighting. Second, I was trapped under 'Spin's hand. Third, 'Spin has way worse injuries." Ratchet gave me a scrutinizing look.
"How would you know if he has worse injuries than you?" I didn't reveal anything through body language.
"I know enough basics from him. Enough to know that a crack in his spark chamber is dangerous." Ratchet spun around and ran towards 'Spin with me still in his hand. He set me down before turning my guardian onto his back. 'Spin onlined his optics and noticed Ratchet then me. He also noticed the now finished battle and retracted his claws so he actually had visible servos; he opened his left one up and I crawled in, huddling against his fingers.
I finally felt the sweat drip down my face as I closed my eyes and tried to take even breaths that didn't hurt my ribs. Ratchet started the field repair on his spark chamber to stabilize his spark. I knew when it hurt by the way 'Spins fingers twitched. While waiting I started to absentmindedly trace symbols on 'Spin's palm. I felt him relax and smiled, happy that I was able to calm him down.
Ratchet finished with 'Spin's spark chamber and moved on to all his other injuries. Ten more minutes passed before he fixed my own temporary fix on the transformation cog. He then gave 'Spin strict instructions to move only when needed and take it easy for the next week. 'Spin nodded but I knew he would probably not listen.
He sat up and held me out to the waiting Ratchet. I sighed and opened my eyes then went to stand. Ratchet stopped me and instead had 'Spin carefully slide me into his own servo. He then proceeded to activate his holoform and wrap my ribs in a bandage. He also checked to see if I got a concussion when I hit my head and put a temporary stitch on a cut on my forehead. I took that time to study his holoform.
It was a well built man that stood about 6 feet on the spot. He wore black pants and dress shoes with a lime green shirt. He also had on a lab coat and had black hair with lime green tips, though some white was starting to poke through. He also had a light mustache. His eyes were the same light blue as his optics and he seemed to be in his mid-fifties.
"Thanks," I said. Ratchet smiled and nodded before dismissing his holoform and handing me back to 'Spin. He walked off to help others while I relaxed in my guardian's hand.
"Why don't I get to see your holoform?"
"Because I've never had a need to activate it." I stared at 'Spins face trying to decided what it would look like. I gave up as he got up to speak with Roadbuster and Leadfoot. I again closed my eyes and started drawing symbols in his palm. Dan and Henry sat in their corresponding guardian's shoulder and I forgave them before closing my eyes. In the middle of talking 'Spin stopped but I didn't take any notice.
After five minutes of silence I stopped. I opened my eyes and saw 'Spin staring down at me with a surprised expression.
"What?"
"You were writing in Cybertronian on my hand." I stiffened and moved my hand away slowly. 'Spin raised an optic ridge and I sighed.
"Later. Not here."
"WHAT!" Henry and Dan exclaimed at the same time. Their guardians cringed from the loud noise. Lennox ordered that we move out and get back to base so I told 'Spin and was set on the ground before he transformed, his comrades following. I got in and stayed still as 'Spin buckled the harness and sped off.
We were all in our plane. Optimus and Lennox were headed back to NEST with their groups while us Wreckers were going to our own base. 'Spin was sitting off to the side and staring off into space. I didn't know if he was mad at me or not and it ate away at me. Henry, Dan, Roadbuster, and Leadfoot were all discussing something in hushed tones wile casting glances at me and 'Spin. What made it worse was that Leadfoot and Roadbuster were using their holoforms.
Roadbuster was medium built and stood at what I guessed was 5' 11''. He had long brown hair that went to the bottom of his head and wore sunglasses that looked exactly like his visor. The Autobot symbol was tattooed on his right arm with the Wrecker symbol right under it. He wore a shirt the same green as his armor that had his alt forms NASCAR number and sponsors. He had on torn up jeans and black sneakers.
Leadfoot was short for holoform standards. He was 5' 7'', the same size as Dan. He had on a red shirt also with his alt forms NASCAR number and sponsors. The Target logo was right in the center with the Autobot and Wrecker symbols in the middle circle. He had dark brown hair with red highlights and his blue eyes glowed. He wore dark blue jeans and had red hunting boots on. He also had a stubble beard.
I got 'Spins attention and motioned towards the holoforms, emphasizing my earlier point that I never got to see his. He just chuckled and went back to his thoughts. I sighed and laid down. At least I got him to smile; a little. I closed my eyes and tried to fall asleep, though I was quite cold.
Topspin POV:
I was quite confused. How did my charge know Cybertronian? And how did she know I had a crack in my spark chamber? I sighed. My charge was quite confusing.
I thought back to the battle and how my spark raced from her light touch. My sensors ghosted the sensation causing my spark to race again. She thought I stiffened out of pain. No, I stiffened from the way her touch felt to me. Only one other femme made me feel like that. Whenever she smiled my spark leaped. Whenever she touched me, no matter in what way, my spark raced.
On my worse days I couldn't keep my processor off her slender black frame with that yellow accent and beautiful door wings. My hands wanted desperately to trace along the line on her wings, my lips wanted to taste hers.
I groaned, shaking my helm to clear those thoughts. She's long gone; missing centuries before we left. Yet, why...
Ani caught my attention and was pointing at Roadbuster and Leadfoot's holoforms. I chuckled, knowing what she wanted. I then dove back into my thoughts. My charge was going to show me the reason for her knowledge when we get to the base. I feel bad about being a bit distant but I need to think. I looked up when I heard a defeated sigh and saw my charge flop down onto her back. She closed her eyes and I couldn't help but notice the sad expression on her face. I felt even worse inside. But I was so confused. Confused about what she wrote on my hand.
Blacksoul and Topspin.
A/N: Snow day today for us Wisconsinites of Fond du Lac. I got a nice chapter in, though I think I will hate it later.
